After Online Wallets, Paytm Is Now Disrupting Offline Payments

Six years ago when PayTM was just a mobile recharge website, little would its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma have imagined that someday his brand would have a presence 10,000 feet above sea level in faraway Leh. His mobile recharge website has come a long way since then. While mobile recharges still are a part of the platform, Paytm now boasts of being the biggest digital wallet in India. And it hasn’t stopped there – it has taken payments offline. And the results are showing. Paytm has gone on to become a unicorn, founder and CEO Vijay Sharma is the richest startup founder, and the “Paytm accepted here” sign is becoming increasingly ubiquitous. Apart from paying for your online cab and food delivery bills, here’s some of the other interesting places PayTM is replacing cash in India.